For many students, creating art is enjoyable. You can utilize students' enjoyment of art to help them get more from a novel than they can by simply reading it. Here are some art activities that can be used to enhance students' appreciation of a novel. Each of these activities requires that students think carefully about the concepts presented in a novel to be able to create artwork that accurately reflects the text.

Identify a major theme in the novel. Have the students design a piece of art that reflects that theme.

Have students redesign the book cover. This will require the students to think about the most important scenes and themes in the novel in order to create a cover that reflects these.

Have students draw a setting that particularly stood out to them in the novel.

Have students create a portrait of one of the main characters in the novel.

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